Tentera Turki berdiri
pada kedudukan di sempadan Turki-Syria berhampiran bandar tenggara Suruc di
wilayah Sanliurfa, September 24, 2014 (Turkish soldiers stand at a position on
the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa
province, September 24, 2014 (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
WANmahani - Turki akan menyertai perjuangan yang diketuai
Amerika Syarikat terhadap kumpulan pengganas di rantau ini, termasuk militan Negara
Islam, Presiden Tayyip Erdogan semalam. Pada masa yg sama, NATO tlh
berjanji utk mempertahankan Turki jika ia diserang.
Negara ini dikerahkan kereta kebal dan kereta
perisai di sempadan dengan Syria yang awal minggu ini, berikutan kemaraan
pemberontak Negara Islam. Sebagai pertempuran di rantau ini telah diperhebatkan
dengan parti yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat menjalankan serangan udara terhadap
militan di Iraq dan Syria, kerajaan telah menghantar cadangan kepada Parlimen
untuk tindakan lanjut.
Kerajaan mahu kuasanya diperluas utk membenarkan
serangan rentas sempadan, dgn parlimen Turki dijangka membincangkan
kemungkinan penglibatan tentera negara itu pada Khamis.
"Kami akan berjuang dengan berkesan terhadap
kedua-dua [Negara Islam] dan semua organisasi pengganas yang lain di rantau
ini. Ini akan sentiasa menjadi keutamaan kami," kata Presiden Erdogan
dlm ucapan pembukaannya sesi perun-dangan di Parlimen Turki. "Kami terbuka
dan bersedia untuk sebarang kerjasama dalam memerangi keganasan."
TURKEY Seeks
parliament Nod to Join military Op
Against ISIS . . .
Turkey will join the US-led fight against terrorist
groups in the region, including Islamic State militants, President Tayyip
Erdogan said on Wednesday. At the same time, NATO has promised to defend Turkey
if it is attacked.
The country deployed tanks and armored vehicles on
its border with Syria earlier this week, following the advance of Islamic State
insurgents. As fighting in the region has intensified with the US-led coalition
conducting airstrikes against militants in Iraq and Syria, the government has
sent a proposal to parliament for further action.
The government wants its powers broadened to
authorize cross-border incursions, with the Turkish parliament expected to
discuss the possibility of the country's military involvement on Thursday.
"We will fight effectively against both
[Islamic State] and all other terrorist organizations within the region. This
will always be our priority," President Erdogan said in his opening speech
of the legislative session at the Turkish parliament. "We are open and
ready for any cooperation in the fight against terrorism.”
Tentera Turki berjaga2
sebagai pelarian Kurdish Syria menunggu di belakang pagar sempadan untuk menyeberangi
ke Turki berhampiran bandar tenggara Suruc di wilayah Sanliurfa September 27,
2014 (Turkish soldiers stand guard as Syrian Kurdish refugees wait behind the
border fences to cross into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in
Sanliurfa province September 27, 2014 (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Pada masa yang sama, NATO telah berjanji bantuan ketenteraan kepada
negara, yang berkongsi sempadan 750 batu dengan Iraq dan Syria.
"Tanggungjawab asas kami adalah untuk berdiri
dan menjadi sangat jelas bahawa kita akan melindungi Turki, yang pertahanan
kolektif, Perkara 5 [utama klausa bersama diri NATO], adalah sesuatu yang juga
akan digunakan jika Turki dalam mana2 cara menyerang, "baru setiausaha
agung persekutuan itu, Jens Stoltenberg, berkata dalam sidang media pertamanya
di ibu pejabat NATO semalam.
BACA LANJUT: tentera
Turki boleh digunakan untuk melindungi zon selamat di Syria - Erdogan
Sebelum parlimen ditetapkan untuk mengundi pada
mandat untuk membenarkan penempatan tentera asing di bumi Turki, Presiden tlh
menegaskan bahwa Negara Islam tidak boleh hanya kumpulan sasaran kempen
ketenteraan.
"Tan bom udara hanya akan melambatkan ancaman
dan bahaya . . . ia tidak dapat dielakkan bahawa penyelesaian sementara akan
menyebabkan Iraq menghadapi campur tangan seperti setiap 10 tahun," kata
Erdogan, sambil menambah bahawa "mengabaikan Syria juga akan melambatkan
penyelesaian yang sepatutnya."
Turki boleh menghantar tentera ke Syria atau Iraq,
tetapi Ankara juga tlh mem-buat jelas bahawa ia tidak mahu krisis untuk
mengukuhkan rejim pemimpin Syria, Presiden Bashar Assad, dan menjangkakan dia
akan dipecat daripada kuasa.
"Kami akan terus memberi keutamaan kepada
matlamat kita untuk menghapuskan rejim Syria, utk membantu melindungi
integriti wilayah Syria & utk menggalakkan perlembagaan, sistem kerajaan
berparlimen yang merangkumi semua [daripada itu] rakyat," kata Erdogan.
At the same time, NATO has promised military aid to country, which shares
a 750-mile border with Iraq and Syria.
"Our basic responsibility is to stand up and be
very clear that we are going to protect Turkey, that collective defence,
Article 5 [NATO's key mutual self-defence clause], is something which is also
going to be applied if Turkey is in any way attacked," the alliance's new
secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said during his first press conference at
NATO's headquarters on Wednesday.
Before parliament is set to vote on a mandate to
allow the deployment of foreign troops on Turkish soil, the president has
stressed that the Islamic State should not be the only group targeted by the
military campaign.
“Tons of air bombs will only delay the threat and
danger...it is inevitable that temporary solutions will cause Iraq to face such
interventions every 10 years," Erdogan said, adding that "ignoring
Syria will also delay a proper solution.”
Turkey may send its troops into Syria or Iraq, but
Ankara has also made clear that it doesn't want the crisis to strengthen the
regime of Syria's leader, President Bashar Assad, and expects him to be removed
from power.
"We will continue to prioritize our aim to
remove the Syrian regime, to help protect the territorial integrity of Syria
and to encourage a constitutional, parliamentary government system which
embraces all [of its] citizens," Erdogan said.
Pelarian Syria Kurdish
berdiri dalam sebuah trak di sempadan Turki-Syria berhampiran bandar tenggara
Suruc di wilayah Sanliurfa September 25, 2014 (Kurdish Syrian refugees stand in
a truck at the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in
Sanliurfa province September 25, 2014 (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Negara ini takut bahawa ketidakstabilan di rantau
ini disebabkan oleh cabang Al-Qaeda - yang telah menawan kawasan yang besar
bagi kedua-dua Syria dan Iraq - boleh meningkatkan militan Kurdish bersekutu
dgn Kurdis di Turki yg berjuang untuk autonomi yang lebih besar.
Keputusan Turki kerana terlibat dalam kempen ketenteraan
boleh juga dicetuskan oleh kemajuan militan terhadap sebuah laman sejarah -
makam seorang datuk kepada pengasas Empayar Uthmaniyyah itu.
Makam berusia 700 tahun Suleyman Shah di utara
Syria, yang terletak kira-kira 20 batu dari sempadan, dianggap sebagai wilayah
berdaulat oleh Ankara. Makam, yang dijaga oleh tentera Turki, telah dijadikan
wilayah di negara ini di bawah perjanjian yg ditandatangani dgn Perancis
pada tahun 1921 (ketika memerintah Perancis Syria). Turki telah berulang kali membuat
jelas ia akan mempertahankan kawasan itu jika ia diserang.
The country fears that instability in the region
caused by the Al-Qaeda offshoot – which has captured large areas of both Syria
and Iraq – could bolster Kurdish militants allied to Kurds in Turkey who are
fighting for greater autonomy.
Turkey's decision for involvement in the military
campaign could have also been triggered by the militants' advancement towards a
historical site – the tomb of a grandfather of the Ottoman Empire's founder.
The 700-year-old mausoleum of Suleyman Shah in
northern Syria, located around 20 miles from the border, is considered a
sovereign territory by Ankara. The tomb, guarded by Turkish soldiers, was made
the country's territory under a treaty signed with France in 1921 (when France
ruled Syria). Turkey has repeatedly made clear it will defend the area if it is
attacked.
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